Purpose : To buy buffaloes and fodder for expanding her dairy business

Housabayi is a 57-year-old married woman and a resident of Belgaum district, Karnataka. She and her husband, who is a coolie in an agricultural farm, work hard to run their household size of five. To become a support to her hardworking husband in improving the family's livelihood, she has started buffalo husbandry business. She rears buffalo and sells the milk. Buffalo milk is of high demand due to it high nutritional value. She not only sells milk but also sells products such as curd, butter milk, ghee and butter. Her products are so... Read more

Purpose : to purchase more buffaloes and expand her buffalo husbandry business

Bhagirati, is a 35-years-old married woman residing in Belgaum district, Karnataka. She has few buffaloes and is engaged in dairy business. She sells off the buffalo milk and milk products in the market. She has a household of 4 members and a monthly income of INR. 16,000. Bhagirati plans to expand her business by purchasing more buffaloes. She has applied for a loan of INR. 30,000 from MASS, one of Milaap's field partners. She and her family will be thankful to their lenders.... Read more

Shobha is a 30-year-old married woman living in Belgaum, Karnataka. There are 3 members in her family and they have a household income of Rs. 15,000.
To help out the family financially, she has a dairy business of her own which she now plans to expand.
She has applied for a loan amount of Rs. 50,000 from MASS, one of Milaap's field partners. The loan amount will be used to purchase another buffalo and buffalo feed in large quantities. She'll milk the buffalo and sell products such as Milk, ghee, curd and cottage cheese to the local... Read more

Purpose : to avoid going to open spaces for defecation by renovating her toilet

Mamata is a 33-years-old married woman living in a small village of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal. She has a family of 5 members. With a monthly household income of Rs. 9,500 and expenses amounting to Rs. 6,500, she finds it difficult to renovate her toilet.
The toilet they are using is in a bad condition without concrete roofs, walls or a permanent door. They are one amongst the hundreds of families that are a victim to the poor sanitation conditions in West Bengal. The walls are covered with moss and are on the verge of colla... Read more

Purpose : to repair her toilet and raise the standard of living of her family

Koyel is a 22-years-old married woman living in a small village of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal. She has a family of 2 members with a monthly household income of Rs. 8,000 and expenses amounting to Rs. 5,000.
The toilet they are using is in a bad condition without concrete roofs, walls or a permanent door. They are one amongst the hundreds of families that are a victim to the poor sanitation conditions in West Bengal. The walls are covered with moss and are on the verge of collapsing, and there is no permanent roof in the toil... Read more

Radhika is a 48-year-old married woman from a small village in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal. Her household consists of 5 members and her husband is a farmer. She has two daughters who are attending school and one son who is looking for a job. Her husband's farming is their only source of income. They are one of the families that are victims of poor sanitation conditions in India. The present toilet they are using has tin sheets as doors and roofs. The walls also have become moss bearing and have weakened due to rains. This makes ... Read more

Purpose : to expand her buffalo husbandry business by purchasing a buffalo more

Yallavva, is a 60-years-old married woman residing in Belgaum district, Karnataka. She has few buffaloes and is engaged in dairy business. She sells off the buffalo milk and milk products in the market. She has a household of 5 members and a monthly income of INR. 8,000. Yallavva plans to expand her business by purchasing more buffaloes and making more milk products. She has applied for a loan of INR. 20,000 from MASS, one of Milaap's field partners. She and her family will be thankful to their lenders.... Read more

Renuka is a 27-year-old married woman living in Belgaum, Karnataka. There are 4 members in her family and they have a household income of Rs. 16,000.
To help out the family financially, she has a dairy business of her own which she now plans to expand.
She has applied for a loan amount of Rs. 50,000 from MASS, one of Milaap's field partners. The loan amount will be used to purchase another Buffalo and Buffalo feed in large quantities. She'll rear the Buffalo and sell products such as Milk, ghee, curd and cottage cheese to the local... Read more

Purpose : to reduce the financial burden on her family by purchasing a new buffallo

Sangeeta is a 33-year-old married woman from Belgaum district, Karnataka. She is a mother of 4 children. To support her husband in improving the family's livelihood she runs a buffalo husbandry business. Together they manage to earn a monthly income of INR. 10000.H however, with a household of 6 members, they find it difficult to lead a proper life. Sangeeta now wishes to expand her business for which she doesn's have enough savings.
Thus, She has approached MASS, one of Milaap's field partner for a loan amount of INR 20000. She will... Read more

Nanda is a 24-year-old married woman. She resides in Belgaum located in Karnataka. Nanda is a mother of two school going children. Nanda operates a grocery shop. She mostly keeps household necessities in her shop
The monthly returns from this business amount to Rs. 18,000. This amount is not enough to sustain the entire family. It is difficult for her to even bear the expenses of her children’s education. As a result, Nanda wants to expand her business, but due to lack of capital is unable to do so.
Henceforth, Nanda wants t... Read more